Augusta Amusements, Inc. v. Powell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “consciousness of the force of gravity results almost from animal instinct. Certainly a normal child . . . knows that if it steps or slips from a tree, a fence, or other elevated structure, it will fall to the ground and be hurt”
• “No danger is more commonly realized or risk appreciated, even by children, than that of falling; consciousness of the force of gravity results almost from animal instinct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Young Men's Christian Assn. v. Bailey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-10-29· cited 68×
• Crosby v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-07-14· cited 57×
• Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Gresham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-05-02· cited 42×
• Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hines
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-06-15· cited 42×
• Laite v. Baxter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-06-22· cited 35×
• Riley v. Brasunas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-27· cited 32×
• Golf Club Co. v. Rothstein
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1958-01-23· cited 26×
• Faith v. Massengill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-09-06· cited 24×
• Atlanta Funtown, Inc. v. Crouch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-11-29· cited 17×
• Paul v. Sharpe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-01-05· cited 15×
• Johnson v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-04-23· cited 15×
• Young v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-24· cited 14×
• Goodman v. City of Smyrna
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-04· cited 14×
• Callahan v. Buttrey
  D. Montana· 1960-08-28· cited 12×
• Lincoln v. Wilcox
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-03-17· cited 11×
• Wright v. Shoney's of Savannah
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-02-23· cited 11×
• Atkins v. Tri-Cities Steel, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-04-05· cited 10×
• Bronesky v. Estech, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-04-24· cited 9×
• Kane v. Landscape Structures, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 9×
• Shaw v. McDonald's Restaurants of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-05-05· cited 7×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McCall v. McCallie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-12-01· cited 54×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. O'Neal
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1934-12-14· cited 43×
• Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. West
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-01-26· cited 41×
• Etheredge v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-05-12· cited 34×
• Smith v. Jewell Cotton Mill Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1923-02-08· cited 34×
• Culbreath v. Kutz Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1927-11-21· cited 27×
• Mayor of Madison v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1908-02-22· cited 21×
• Flynn v. Cities Service Refining Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-06-25· cited 18×
• Lee v. Georgia Forest Products Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1932-02-20· cited 13×
• Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. Jordan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1925-09-09· cited 12×
• Hornsby v. Haverty Furniture Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1952-02-28· cited 8×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. O'Neal
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1934-01-17· cited 6×